May 15, 2024

This folder contains replication materials for the following article: Foster, David. "Persistent Unilateral Action." Political Science Research and Methods.

Contents of folder:

* Online appendices.pdf:
	- Appendix A: formal proofs
	- Appendix B: mathematical details of the forward-looking player extension
	- Appendix C: description of procedure used to generate Figure 4 and underlying data

* Figure 3.nb: Mathematica notebook that replicates Figure 3

* Figure 4.xlsx:
	- Figure 4
	- Lobbying expenditures by year for each pro-legalization group
	- Lobbying expenditures by year for each anti-legalization group
	- Total lobbying expenditures by year by side of issue (pro- or anti-legalization)
	- CPIAUCSL data series from CPIAUCSL.xls, described below

* CPIAUCSL.xls: May 14, 2024 version of the CPIAUCSL (Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average, Index 1982-1984=100, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted) data series from Federal Reserve Economic Data (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis), used to generate Figure 4